‘Puppy Bowl’ 2018 to star two dogs from San Antonio

Two local pups will be representing the Alamo City during the annual petstravaganza that raises awareness for rescue animals.

Two local pups will be representing the Alamo City during the annual petstravaganza that raises awareness for rescue animals.

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Two local pups will be representing the Alamo City during the annual petstravaganza that raises awareness for rescue animals.

Two local pups will be representing the Alamo City during the annual petstravaganza that raises awareness for rescue animals.

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‘Puppy Bowl’ 2018 to star two dogs from San Antonio

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Two San Antonio rescue dogs ruff it up in this weekend’s Puppy Bowl, maintaining a fine, furry tradition of Alamo City pooches starring in the grrrr-idiron classic. Puppy Bowl XIV airs Sunday at 2 p.m. on Animal Planet, with a pregame show at 1 p.m.

Representing the 210 in tiny tail-wagging fashion, Edwin will trot to the field for Team Ruff, while Iris will charm in pregame playtime footage.

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Forget the Super Bowl, the Puppy Bowl Is on Sunday Too! Puppy Bowl XIV is set to air at 3 p.m.
on Feb. 4, and then again at 6 p.m.
during the Super Bowl. This year's Puppy Bowl will feature two teams, Team Ruff and Team Fluff, made up of puppies from 48 different shelters and rescue groups with a special focus on puppies from areas impacted by natural disasters, like Houston and Puerto Rico.

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Alamo Rescue Friends, or ARF, rescued the two homeless puppies in San Antonio, with both dogs adopted out through the Humane Society for Greater Nashua in Nashua, New Hampshire, ARF’s shelter partner in New England.

Puppy Bowl XIV will feature a record 90 adoptable puppies from nearly 50 rescues and shelters nationwide, as Team Ruff and Team Fluff nip, lick and run for the coveted Chewy.com Lombarky Trophy and Bissell Most Valuable Puppy award, tackling audiences of all breeds with an abundance of cuteness and awareness for homeless dogs.

ARF has become quite the canine combine for elevating San Antonio strays to Puppy Bowl stardom.

Highlights for this year’s Puppy Bowl include rescued pups from natural disaster areas of 2017 such as Houston and Puerto Rico as well as several special-needs puppies, plus the return of rescue parrot Meep the Bird to tweet game updates via @MeepTheBird.

And hold yourself in readiness for Kitt-ENSYNC singing “Meow Meow Meow” at the kitty-centric halftime show, and offer a slow-handed hello to Shirley the rescue sloth, assisting returning referee and luckiest man on the planet Dan Schachner.